[Movie] Transformers Movie (07-04-07)

1. Michael Bay had to be convinced to take on this project, ergo, he probably wants credit for a movie he was coerced into devoting time to working on. I'm not saying that's the best idea, to allow somebody not 'into' a movie's main theme to have the main controls, but oh well. He is a major name, just like Spielberg is a major name.

2. I don't see his name in any big print on any of the posters. Have you people skimmed over Bigblah's posts? God.

3. Everything Transformers, even the animated series and the comics, is based on a TOY LINE. If you get defensive over the supposed 'true history' of something that isn't even based on a work of written fiction -- graphic or otherwise -- then you are a sad individual. Japan took Transformers and ran with it in different directions. It's like people saying Pirates of the Caribbean strayed too far from its source material . There's nothing to go "off the mark" on, really.

That said, I'm really looking forward to seeing this next weekend (no way I'm going on opening day). I always enjoyed Transformers, and I really don't give a crap about continuity with any other part of the 'mythos' because basically, I liked the toys. And the 80s movie.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I just saw it today (went all over creation and back because it kept getting sold out) and I really enjoyed it. Out of the "summer films" I've seen so far (1408, SM3, PotC3) it was the one I liked best, hands-down. The transforming sequences were great, the voices were amazing (with the exception of Jazz, who I thought was just a little too cliched) and it moved at a brisk pace.

I went in thinking that they wouldn't show *that* much of the robots, despite the fact that they are the title of the movie, just because I assumed they would focus in on the "human aspect" of things. I really loved the eyes of the robots -- well, the designs in general, because they were very believable (if such a term can be applied here). I also liked the use of "Cybertronian" dialogue.
Of course I had some nitpicky things...like the drastic lack of Decepticon dialogue and shaky-camera fight scenes, but they're just silly complaints. I want a sequel, even though I don't, because I hatehatehate how movies are franchised so much these days.

As for the humor, I chalked it up to the whole "kids will be seeing this" angle. The Bumblebee-gastank bit and Sam's utterly pathetic/ridiculous annoying ploys to get a girl - and especially the fact that he was seemingly blind to his school social status as a loser. It just annoyed me. But I still liked Bumblebee.

Question:

Spoiler:

How did Bumblebee manage to talk at the end? He didn't say anything when he was being held captive (nor did they explain what the hell the 'anonymous government agency' was doing to him...they just kind of packed him up and kept shocking him) but somehow had a voice at the very end. Maybe I missed something?

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Yeah, I thought about making that connection, but then I was like, "But that happened so long ago! That couldn't have been what it was." So that's why Ratchet said..erm...when he said "...yet."

There were several things that could have been made clearer.
Okay then. Thanks.

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